Use of decision trees in colour feature selection: application to object recognition in outdoor scenes

A new method for the automated selection of colour features is described. The algorithm consists of two stages of processing. In the first, a complete set of colour features is calculated for every object of interest in an image. In the second stage, each object is mapped into several n-dimensional...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Freixenet i Bosch, Jordi, Lladó Bardera, Xavier, Martí Bonmatí, Joan, Cufí i Solé, Xavier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2000
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10256/2299
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/2299
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Algorismes computacionals
Discriminació visual
Imatges -- Processament
Reconeixement òptic de formes
Visió per ordinador
Computer algorithms
Computer vision
Image processing
Optical pattern recognition
Visual discrimination
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Sumario:A new method for the automated selection of colour features is described. The algorithm consists of two stages of processing. In the first, a complete set of colour features is calculated for every object of interest in an image. In the second stage, each object is mapped into several n-dimensional feature spaces in order to select the feature set with the smallest variables able to discriminate the remaining objects. The evaluation of the discrimination power for each concrete subset of features is performed by means of decision trees composed of linear discrimination functions. This method can provide valuable help in outdoor scene analysis where no colour space has been demonstrated as being the most suitable. Experiment results recognizing objects in outdoor scenes are reported